Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

Most so-called smart anime really just contain technobabble and a plot that never asks the audience to think; Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is different. Set in 15th-century Europe, the show ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This tectonic shift reduced volcanic carbon emissions, expanded shallow seas, and ...

Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth could be about to record its fastest-ever rotation.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The North Carolina Department of Transportation reports new monitors have been installed along I-40. NCDOT said the new monitors are to gather real-time readings on ...